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ground
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English grounde, from Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?mtu-. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond and German Grund. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian grundë (“brittle earth”).
Alternative forms
- GND (contraction used in electronics)
Noun
ground (countable and uncountable, plural grounds)
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
- (uncountable) Terrain.
- Soil, earth.
- (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- (figuratively, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- crimson flowers on a white ground
- (sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- (point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- Brussels ground
- (etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
- (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
- (countable) A soccer stadium.
- (electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard III, act III, scene vii, in: The Works of Shake?pear V (1726), page 149:
- Buck[ingham] The Mayor is here at hand; pretend ?ome fear, // Be not you ?poke with, but by mighty ?uit; // And look you get a prayer-book in your hand, // And ?tand between two churchmen, good my lord, // For on that ground I’ll build a holy de?cant: // And be not ea?ily won to our reque?ts: // Play the maid’s part, ?till an?wer nay, and take it.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Moore (Encyc.) to this entry?)
- 1592, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard III, act III, scene vii, in: The Works of Shake?pear V (1726), page 149:
- The pit of a theatre.
- 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair
- the understanding gentlemen o' the ground here ask'd my judgment
- 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair
Synonyms
- (electricity) earth (British)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- Pages starting with “ground”.
Translations
See also
- floor
- terra firma
Verb
ground (third-person singular simple present grounds, present participle grounding, simple past and past participle grounded)
- (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- Synonym: earth
- (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- Synonym: gate
- If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
- Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
- My kids are currently grounded from television.
- (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
- Jim was grounded in maths.
- (baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
- To place something on the ground.
- (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- The ship grounded on the bar.
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- being rooted and grounded in love
- So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.
- (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- I ground myself with meditation.
Translations
Etymology 2
Inflected form of grind. See also milled.
Verb
ground
- simple past tense and past participle of grind
Adjective
ground (not comparable)
- Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
- Synonym: milled
- Processed by grinding.
- 2018, H Glimpel, HJ Lauffer, A Bremstahler, Finishing Tool, In Particular End Milling Cutter, US Patent App. 15/764,739
- An advantage of such a finishing tool is that, after the machining, the workpiece has high surface quality. The surface which is produced appears finely ground to polished by means of this procedure.
- 2018, H Glimpel, HJ Lauffer, A Bremstahler, Finishing Tool, In Particular End Milling Cutter, US Patent App. 15/764,739
Derived terms
- ground beef
- ground pepper
- stoneground
Translations
References
- ground at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- dog run
Middle English
Alternative forms
- grund, grounde
Etymology
From Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru?nd/
Noun
ground
- ground
- Earth
Declension
Descendants
- English: ground
- ? Fiji Hindi: garaund
- ? Maltese: grawnd
- Scots: grund, groond, greund
- Yola: greoune
References
- “gr?und, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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florist
English
Etymology
From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of fl?s, flower”), +? -ist.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fl????st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fl???st/
- Hyphenation: flor?ist
Noun
florist (plural florists)
- A person who sells flowers.
- A person who cultivates flowers.
- A person who studies or writes about flowers.
- A florist's shop.
- 2010, Cassie Miles, Hook, Line and Shotgun Bride, p. 33:
- “After the gown, we can go to the florist, then stop by the lingerie store.”
- 2010, Cassie Miles, Hook, Line and Shotgun Bride, p. 33:
Derived terms
- artificial florist
Translations
Anagrams
- firlots
Dutch
Etymology
Early 17th century. Possibly borrowed from English florist or French fleuriste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flo??r?st/
- Hyphenation: flo?rist
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
florist m (plural floristen, diminutive floristje n)
- (historical) speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania
- Synonym: bloemist
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French fleuriste (modelled after floare).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flo?rist/
Noun
florist m (plural flori?ti, feminine equivalent florist?)
- (rare) florist
- Synonym: florar
Declension
Related terms
References
- florist in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Etymology
From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of fl?s, flower”), +? -ist.
Noun
florist c
- florist
Declension
References
- florist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- florist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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